> On Nov 14, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Mike Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Nov 14, 2015, at 10:22 AM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 13, 2015, at 8:49 PM, Mike Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> --On November 11, 2015 at 5:12:38 PM -0800 John Ralls <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Multi-currency split view can be confusing. In split view in a >>>> currency account, the amounts shown in the register are in the open >>>> account’s currency — in the case of your >>>> Assets:Exchanges:Benjamin Brewer account, USD, so you should enter >>>> 500 in both, then set the rate to 9/10 in the transfer dialog, click >>>> OK, and complete the transaction. Switch to the Euro account and the >>>> transaction will show as being for €450. Analogous views for a >>>> bogus ATM withdrawal: Checking is USD, Cash—Euro is what it says. >>> >>> This is correct if Trading Accounts are turned off, but not if they are >>> being used. >> >> We need to fix that so that it’s consistent. How? > > If trading accounts are on then expanded splits show the amount of the split, > not the value. They also show the currency symbol for all splits not in the > transaction's currency (i.e., all splits where it matters which is shown). > It's been this way since trading accounts were first implemented, and was > discussed then. Changing it would be easy, but I think would add confusion. > I could easily argue that changing it to always show the amount, with or > without trading accounts, would be better. It really should show both. > > The current situation is not ideal. When I implemented this, I assumed that > the Register2 code would replace the Register code soon and this would all be > moot. That didn't happen and isn't going to happen anytime soon. Should we > add a column to the register to show the amount in expanded splits in > non-priced registers? That might help people understand what's going on.
Let’s at least make the non-trading account view look like the trading account view with each split amount. That will help some with the confusion. I don’t think it makes sense to show the value without also showing the price. I think ideally we’d switch split-view to the layout in STOCK accounts any time there’s more than one commodity involved in a transaction in ledger view any time there’s a visible transaction with multiple commodities). Another thing to consider is removing the behavior that a transfer between non-currency accounts shows no value or price. That looks weird and confused a different user on Wednesday. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
